Pacific Ocean intermediate and deep water circulation during the Pliocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-217

  Kwiek, P B ^a   Ravelo, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pacific; Paleoceanography; Pliocene; Thermohaline

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0032757049     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00111-X     Document Type: Article

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